Comments on: THE best vs. YOUR best https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Christy R https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-760793 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-760793 I needed this today. I have 3 challenging kids and am pregnant with #4, having painful (though thankfully not medically significant) issues that keep me from moving around much. I’m trying to decide whether ordering curriculum is worth it because I doubt I’ll be able to muster the energy to do any written work, as I can’t even get them to pick up after themselves. I have a hard time with chaos, so the state of the house is affecting my mental state, but there’s just not much I can do about it. Prayers would be greatly appreciated.

]]> By: Jamie Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-745372 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-745372 In reply to Martha Davis.

God bless you and yours, Martha, and I am so sorry for your loss. Sending up a prayer for you right now.

]]> By: Martha Davis https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-745203 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-745203 Pretty sure God Himself slowed me down in my Facebook feed skimming today for this one! We started this 2019-2020 school year so smoothly, cleanly, so strongly…and then my own mother was diagnosed with cancer and died within five weeks. I’m in the process of picking up all the lost threads and re-creating our rhythm and routine, and of course I feel overwhelmed and like our “normal” is lost for awhile.
But if God gives me grace, I will give myself grace. I will do my best and leave the loaves and fishes in His hands. It was a comfort and a grace to find your words reminding me that I can let this be what it is – imperfect and forgivable and…my Best for Right Now.

]]> By: Jamie Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-616499 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-616499 In reply to Rebecca.

Oh I’m so glad to hear that, Rebecca. Bless you today…

]]> By: Rebecca https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-616369 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-616369 I know this post was from 2 years ago, but it touched me deeply today. Thanks for the reminder that our best looks different depending on the day and the season. I am in a season of needing to rest more to help heal my body, and it constantly feels like I’m not accomplishing enough. I needed the reminder that it IS enough for today. Thank you!

]]> By: Natasha https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-376138 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-376138 Thank you for this post! I especially loved the last quote by Holly Pierlot, it was just what I needed to hear. This week we tried to get back into a normal routine after moving into a new home and we did ok, but I still get so frustrated with how little “school” we do! After chores are finally done around 9 am (our day starts with morning devotional at 6, so it’s a long hard drive getting to the end of chores), we get at most one hour on the couch reading out loud whatever the 7 year old wants to learn about before the 2 year old takes the books away and demands attention. Then the kids are hungry again and as soon as snack is made I have to start lunch (hubby comes home for lunch, so it has to be a real meal). After lunch we clean up, then maybe we’ll read more or play with tangrams, but maybe there’s laundry (our washer is broken so I wash by hand) or I’m too tired to think about anything else educational and pick up my own studies. Four o clock is time to start cooking dinner, then there’s dinner and clean up, closing the day with evening read aloud. That just doesn’t seem like enough for 7, 5, and 2 year olds, but I know it’s all I can do right now! I pray that I will know what needs to be done and how in the world to do it.

I didn’t set out to write my own Day-in-the-life but I here it is, and so different from the other day-in-the-life posts. I love seeing what others are doing, but thank you for reminding me that my best is different from someone else’s best. Thank you for always making this blog reassuring instead of pressuring.

]]> By: Angie https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-374578 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-374578 In reply to Angie.

I will read it better after errands!

]]> By: Angie https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-374577 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-374577 I was only able to skim this! And it is confirmation of what God has been speaking over my heart. I am horribly inadequate to school my children in this season. God continues to ask me to keep going, do what I can and leave the rest to Him. It’s His purpose and He will not fail. He can cover my failures and shortcomings!

]]> By: Rebecca Garcia https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-371865 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-371865 Thank you so much for sharing this, it was exactly what I needed to hear. I pray everyday to get the strength I need, but thanks to your article, I just need to use what I have been given already. Thank you very much!

]]> By: Jamie Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/the-best-vs-your-best/#comment-371583 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=44147#comment-371583 In reply to sarah.

Bless you and yours, Sarah.

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